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When Lin Jue came to the front court of the Lin family's mansion, there were already many children of the Lin family on the wide field, and these people stood there one by one with nervous expressions and no one dared to speak more. This day of the month is the day they fear the most, and they don't know if something bad will happen to them today.

Lin Jue walked to the position of the third row and stood, although he was a direct son, but Lin Jue was a concubine, he could only stand in this position, the position of the first two rows belonged to the position of the direct son-in-law and the sister-in-law of the Lin family who was an official in the court, he did not have this qualification.

In the more than ten years of the previous life, Lin Jue had already understood the order of status and rank in the Lin family. The direct line of the son-in-law has the highest status, and then the children of those who can successfully enter the ranks even if they are collateral branches. After that, they will be ranked according to the blood lineage. Only these two kinds of people in the Lin family are the most popular and favored.

Actually, it's easy to understand. The sister-in-law is regarded as the inheritor of the purebred noble bloodline of the Lin family, after all, the main houses of the Lin family are all women of the gateway family with a head and face. As for people like concubines and maidservants, the sons born are regarded as inferior in terms of status and bloodline. And those side disciples of the Lin family who were admitted to the imperial examination, they are the chess pieces that bring status and rewards to the Lin family, and looking down on their sister-in-law is to envelop their hearts, which is naturally very understandable.

Everywhere leading to the side door of the front courtyard and the outer door of the Lin family's mansion, the Lin family disciples who came in a hurry gathered here like gray mice, and soon, more than 50 Lin family children gathered in the open space of the front garden.

The oldest of these people is forty or fifty years old, and the youngest is only five or six years old. The clothes they wore were tattered, some neat, some clean, and some dirty. It can be seen that although they are all children of the Lin clan, the life experiences of these people are very different.

Not long after, the short and fat figure of Huang Changqing, the chief butler of the Lin family wearing a blue robe, appeared at the door of the main hall. The appearance of Huang Changqing means that the head of the family is about to arrive. All the children of the Lin family involuntarily straightened their waists, tidied up their clothes and appearance, and looked nervously at the door of the main hall.

"Brothers, welcome to the head of the family." Huang Changqing shouted in a dragging voice.

All the children fell to their knees and shouted, "Welcome to the master of the family." ”

Huang Changqing hunched his waist and smiled towards the door of the main hall, and the next moment, in the midst of the chaos of footsteps, a group of people surrounded a thin old man wearing a black robe with a dark pattern of longevity characters out of the main hall gate and came to the stone steps in front of the door. In addition to a few guests of the Lin family, there were four people who were direct descendants of the Lin family. Three of them are the three sons of the long house, Lin Ke, Lin Song, and Lin Run. The other is Lin Quan, the eldest son of Sanfang, who is also Lin Jue's half-brother. Lin Bonian, the second room of the Lin family, also has two sons and a daughter under his knees, but Lin Bonian is an official in the capital, and his family and children also went to the capital with him, so there is no second brother here.

Lin Ke, Lin Song, Lin Run and others went down the steps to the first row and stood up, Lin Boyong looked at the juniors of the family who were kneeling on the ground with a brush below, his eyes were blazing, and he said in a deep voice: "Get up." ”

All the children stood up one after another, Lin Boyong glanced at the audience, and shouted: "This month's court training has begun. Filial piety, you can supervise and lead the children to recite the family rules and precepts. ”

Filial piety is Lin Ke's expression, Lin Ke is the eldest son of the long house, and he is the only one who oversees and leads the children of the Lin family to recite family rules and family mottos.

Lin Ke bowed and said yes, stepped up the steps, turned to face the children and shouted: "The Lin family rules, recite them every day, the children of the Lin family, you need to keep them in mind, you must not forget them, and you can't violate half of them." ”

All the children of the Lin family shouted in unison: "Don't dare to forget, keep it in mind." ”

"Okay, ten family rules, recite them." Lin Ke solemnly shouted.

The children of the Lin family recited in unison: "First, respect the ancestors and respect the ancestors, and live in harmony with the clan. Do not harm the morals because of the righteousness of interests. Second, the ancestral hall rests and sacrifices in spring and autumn. Don't miss the time and waste the slack, it is against the ancestral teachings. Third, honoring one's parents is paramount. Don't rebel and abandon it, it's against morality. …… Tenth, the laws and disciplines of the state must not be violated. Don't break the law with your own body, humiliate your family and ruin your body. ”

Ten family rules, all the children know it by heart, and Lang recites it, but it is also magnificent. Lin Boyong stroked his beard and nodded, a smile appeared on his face. Lin Jue stood in the crowd and recited the family rules. He also remembers these ten family rules very well, after all, he participated in this kind of scene more than 100 times in his previous life.

"The following is the ancestral motto of the Lin family, recite it aloud." Lin Ke shouted.

The children of the Lin family recited in unison: "Relatives must be filial, and they must be respectful when they are long." Brothers, friends, brothers, husbands, and women. Crown wedding and funeral sacrifices, be cautious. You must be diligent in learning literature, and you must be diligent in practicing martial arts. Governing the country must be loyal, and governing the family must be strict. Don't be arrogant, and you will be grateful for your kindness. Shinong industry and commerce, the choice of art must be correct. Don't listen to the woman, and hurt the same anger. It is not illegal to commit a penalty. Don't be tyrannical with the crowd, don't bully the poor with the rich. Don't gamble and ruin the industry, don't fall into the family with rumors. The system is only strict with the law, and the world should be wide with rope people. If you can do it for a long time, you must repay it. The precepts are really wasted, and they are recited again and again, and they are respectfully listened to. ”

After the children finished reciting, Lin Ke turned to Lin Boyong above the steps in front of the hall and bowed and said, "Report to the head of the family, the family rules and family motto, and finish reciting." Ask the head of the house to speak. ”

Li Boyong nodded and stepped forward slowly. When Lin Ke returned to the queue, Li Boyong's hoarse voice was already ringing in his ears.

"Family motto and family rules are the foundation of my Lin family. The ancients said, self-cultivation Qi family rule the country and level the world, the world is constructed by all families, and the family is the world, the reason why my Lin children value family rules and family motto is not only for my Lin family, but also for the world. Do you understand? ”

"Understood." All the Lin clan's disciples said in unison.

"Well, it's good to understand. My Lin family has a lineage of hundreds of years, and the branches and leaves are endless, and the ancestors have been sages. However, now, there are few achievers, which insults the legacy of my wealthy family. It is precisely because of this that the old man has to train in court every month to encourage you to work hard and glorify the court. My Lin clan, in the old man's generation, must produce talents, return to the temple, and restore the glory of the Lin family in the past. This responsibility is not only borne by the old man alone, but you are also responsible, because you all have the surname 'Lin'. In order to accomplish this goal, the old man has to supervise and motivate you, and even punish you. Got it? ”

"Understood......" The voices of the disciples sparsely fell.

"Didn't you have enough to eat? Why are you so weak? When the head of the house asks, he should be full of energy and full of energy. Lin Quan jumped out and shouted viciously at the children of the Lin family.

"Understood!" The disciples shouted loudly. It was a bit long to stand, and the sun was shining in the crowd from the east, and many people were already sweating on their foreheads. But they know that the most fatal link has not yet come, and they cannot be taken lightly.

After Lin Boyong said this, there was nothing to say, the court training was once a month, and every time it was reversed, it was those words, in fact, there was nothing new, but it was just to go through this kind of ritual. It is useless to say too much, and the most important thing is to put it into action. Punishing the mistakes of the Lin family's children in the past month is much more useful than bitter words.

"Fourth, you will judge the gains and losses today, and you will be a lawyer. Steward Huang, take the reward and punishment. Lin Boyong said in a deep voice.

The fourth is Lin Quan, and among the three direct families, he ranks fourth among his cousins. Lin Quanyi couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard that Lin Boyong actually named him to preside over today's reward and punishment. In the past, this was the errand of the three sons of the big house, which meant that there was a place in the eyes of the head of the family.

"At the behest of the head of the house." Lin Quan said happily. Lin Run, the third son of the long room standing on the side, glanced at him, revealing a look of disdain.

Huang Changqing, the chief housekeeper of the Lin Mansion, went down the steps, took out a blue booklet from his sleeve and handed it to Lin Quan. This booklet is not ordinary, and someone in the Lin family is responsible for recording the things that the children of the Lin family do every month and recording it in the book. At this time of the month, rewards and punishments are judged according to the records of that month. This kind of method can be said to have greatly restricted and mastered the words and deeds of the Lin family's disciples, making them tremble as if they were walking on thin ice. When Lin Jue saw the booklet, he immediately remembered the fear of being controlled in this way in his previous life. The reason why more than ten years have passed cautiously in the previous life probably has a lot to do with the Lin family's behavior of spying on the privacy of the clansmen's actions.

Lin Quan took the booklet, bowed to the head of the family, Lin Boyong, and then opened the booklet and shouted loudly: "Lin Youde, a disciple of the outer house, came out to reply. ”

The eyes of the children of the Lin family brushed on a thirty-six or seventeen-year-old man with a depressed face in the fourth row. Many people have a worried look in their eyes, Lin Youde was the first to be named, if it is a bad thing, I am afraid that the matter is not small.

Lin Youde's face turned pale, and he walked out with his head bowed and stood at the bottom of the steps. But I heard Lin Quan shouting: "Lin Youde, on the evening of the twenty-third of last month, what did you do in the Lantern Lane on Donghe Street?" Can you tell the head of the family and all the people present? ”

Lin Youde's face was frightened, and he stammered: "I...... I didn't do anything, I just ...... It's just that...... Just passing by there. ”

Lin Quan shouted: "Lie! You're gambling for money, aren't you? There are seven or eight casinos in Lantern Lane, and you, as a child of the Lin family, went to the casino to drink and gamble for money, and you have violated the third item under Article 7 of the family rules, and you must be severely punished. According to the Lin family's family law, this should be ten lashes with a cane, confined for three days, and suspended for three months. Are you convinced? ”

The children of the Lin family let out a frightened sound. Ten strokes of the rod is already a very heavy punishment. There are two types of corporal punishment in the family punishment: whipping with wattles and flogging with wooden sticks. The beating was bearable, after all, it would only leave external injuries. But spanking with a jujube cane is no joke, the heavy and hard jujube cane on the body may cause internal injuries to the body after a few blows. With Lin Youde's body and bones, these ten wooden sticks, I am afraid that it will cause great damage.

Not to mention the additional punishment of three days of confinement and suspension of monthly cases. It's okay to be confined for three days, and the suspension of monthly cases is very fatal, because most of the Lin family's side children live on the three or four taels of silver per month. The cessation of monthly cases is equivalent to the loss of livelihood.